I just reinstalled tiger and Now my firewire drives won't mount

Here's the deal:
I just reinstalled Tiger 10.4.2 on my G4 sawtooth and now my firewire ports are gone. When I look at the Firewire bus in System Profiler, I just see the words: "Firewire Bus:" An that's it.
I have seriously searched thes forums and have tried everything Ihave found so far.
I have tried:
1 - Unpluging everyhting, waiting 20 minutes, and rebooting
2 - Resetting PRAM
3 - Resetting Open Firmware
4 - disk utility disk repair on main volume when booted from install DVD (firewire drive does not show up disk Utility)
5 - Repaired permissions
I'm pretty much dead in hte water without my Firewire Drive.
Any Suggestions?
Thanks - Dustin

Which OS? Post indicates 10.4.2 and configuration indicates 10.4.3 and 10.4.4. Try this. Disconnect all FW peripherals, shutdown, restart, reinstall 10.4.4 combo update, restart, launch Disk Utility, repair permissions, restart, open SysProfiler, click on Firewire, and ensure that it shows something like this for all your FW ports:
Unknown Device:
Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown Device
GUID: 0x0
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
If so, then rehook the FWHD cable and turn the power on. Relaunch SysProfiler and you should be good to go.

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